Soapbox

Kylo Ren may have his own Twitter Account (See @KyloR3n), and you may love or hate his role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the “villain” in J.J. Abrams take on the Star Wars universe, but there is something charming and … Read More

Our lovely editor compiled his thoughts on the funding of games writing a few days ago. He defined “good” games journalism by tying it to profitability. This is a viable metric for determining the relevance of a journalist’s content to the … Read More

There’s been a lot of talk in recent days about the financial viability of game journalism – every day, more and more journalists are turning to Patreon as an alternative means of funding. This has inevitably led to cries that the system is broken. Well known figures such as Brendan Keogh or Leigh Alexander have said that “good” journalists aren’t earning a decent living, and that more must be done to fix this.

But these people are wrong: the system is not broken. “Good” journalists do earn decently. “Bad” journalists don’t. Let’s explore this.Read More